Longtail Wood

Longtail Wood is a forest in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. Longtail Wood is situated nearby to the neighborhood Low Ibbotsholme, as well as near the village Troutbeck Bridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Townend and Holehird Gardens.

Townend

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Townend is a 17th-century house in Troutbeck, in the civil parish of Lakes, north of Windermere, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust.

Holehird Gardens

Garden

Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holehird Gardens is an extensive 10-acre site located near Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is the home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society. The garden consists of a large variety of plants, particularly those suited to the local climate with its high rainfall.

Orrest Head

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Ambleside.

Bowness-on-Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.